We control our destiny is the mother ****ing AFC

I'm too upset to look up the scores however something says the Chiefs have lost the last three to the Bengals 27-24 with the Bengals making every critical play or getting a critical call.

There's something the Bengals staff has picked up and is using when playing the Chiefs.

NO

I think a lot of us had this one down as a loss when the schedule came out. Plus not many thought we'd be 9-3 at this point after that brutal start. We're going to finish the season 14-3 and more than likely host the afccg. Wbf

The NFL is weird. SF has a much better defense than Cincinnati and look what we did to them. This type of offensive line performance is unacceptable though and we won't be winning playoff games if this offensive line shows up.

Our GM to not put us in that situation? A decent pass rusher at the deadline when the Eagles were signing Suh? 5 OL not getting crushed by 3 rushers? Our DL getting pressure on one of the most sacked quarterbacks in the league?

Call me crazy but I really don’t think the CBs were terrible. Not terrible for a young quad with one hell of a tough assignment. Front 7 was absolute trash.

No we don’t. We no longer have the 1 seed. The tam that does beat us in our house. The next closest team has beaten us 3 in a row. That not the drivers seat. That Alex Smith level hoping teams we can’t beat lose to other teams.

If only the Bills take out the Bengals…. If only the Tits ca take out the Bills. We have Mahomes and are still relying on other teams to do our dirty work.

This has been the story against Buffalo and Cincinnati, for sure.

We've got the advantage at QB and coaching (generally speaking), which helps us keep it closer than it should be.

Whether it’s scheme or lack of talent you need to fix it. Tired of losing to an inferior team that loses to shitty teams but somehow has our number.

The game swinging moment of that one was their QB settling for field goals and Jimmy giving up a game crushing safety in the end zone.

I keep saying it, but Andy needs to start coaching against Burrow like he’s an elite QB. He is never going to do us any favors like Jimmy G did.

They are a powerhouse in the latest version of the AFC.

That was a good game in the context of it felt like whoever had the ball last would win, that's indicative of evenly matched teams. Which leads to who make the least mistakes. See the Kelce Strip, The negated inteception, see MVS dropping the td pass, which is kind of moot, considering they did the same. We were in control of the game till the lone TO.

We aren't just going to be able to slide through the AFC.

For years it was Brady, Manning and Ben Rape.

Now it's Mahomes Allen and Burrow.

These will always be close games, and they might have our number now, but it won't last forever.

Pretty much this.

You thought we'd be 10-7 this year (as did I).

How can you still feel this negative given how the season has evolved?

Its that they know they can exploit BOTH our Tackles and our DL cant get pressure rushing 4. Its really that simple. If we could get to Burrow, we would win. We can;t so we haven't. It's really that simple.

****ing this.

The rest of you are absolutely exhausting.

You've forgotten how to take a single punch to the face in the form of a regular season loss. You've become ****ing Patriots fans and it's gross af.

Is this always true? He didn't get it done in the sb and if our defense could catch he would have thrown a game ending pick against us in the afccg. People forget about that play.

Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to take stuff away from the guy. But let's not act like he is unbeatable.

Fumble by Kelce. Missed FG by Butker. Bengals offense also ran plenty of clock in the 4th quarter against the wonderful defense of the Chiefs.

No. **** that noise.

All we heard from the wussies last year was that we needed another team to beat Buffalo to get our window.

What happened? We got Buffalo anyway. Their coach called a near perfect game, their QB played a perfect game, and we still beat them because Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid were simply better than their best.

Now, it's the Bengals. We've lost three straight games, all of them that could have been wins. One if we held on a 3rd and 27. One if we punched in a 1st and goal at the 5, and another if our Hall of Fame Tight End doesn't fumble.

But you know what? **** happens. We can't pretend like the Bengals don't have an elite QB on the other side with one of the best offenses in the NFL. We went at them today missing 3 of our offensive weapons and had the lead late in the 4th quarter. We lost, it sucks. We're 0-3 against them, that also sucks. It sucks just like it did when Andy could not beat the Titans no matter what he did.

But at the end of the day? I'm trusting our Hall of Fame head coach and our generational quarterback to figure this out. Just like they did against Buffalo last year, and just like he did against the Titans when we went all the way.

Look, you have to play REALLY well to beat the elite teams, and we just haven't.

This was nowhere near our 'A' game.

And still, with any one of half a dozen plays we did NOT make going the other way, we win.

There are problems to be addressed, and a lot of season left.

It was a frustrating game, for sure, but no reason to throw in the towel.

Let's not go crazy. We can win out and get the 1 seed. Our team is not about anything but playoff games. We may not see them again if thungs go right. But, we better find a game plan that works because we can't get to Burrow and we can't get enough tds.

Right now they have superior talent all over. When they give Joe 250 guaranteed in March that will start to level the playing field. Joe won't always have the players he has.

I'll take the Chiefs in a playoff rematch.

Well, with the exception of if that worthless fat **** Brown actually did manage to get Mahomes injured somewhat seriously.

Chiefs have beaten 2 teams with a winning record this year. 9ers and Tits. Lost to the Bills, Bengals. Aside from the 9ers we’ve only beaten teams with losing records. It’s time to realize this. Wins against the Chargers 2x who were never above .500, the Bucs who are below .500. And a bunch of bottom feeders. Reid said we had 3 games circled on the calendar. We’re 1-2 against those teams. Chiefs are soft. Defense is garbage again.

Once again, Red Dawg becomes Will Ferrel in the debate against Carville in Old School and provides the most lucid, thoughtful, and balanced analysis of the day.

That Titans win wasn't anything to write home about either. Went to OT against an incredibly limited backup QB.

I actually will pray to the football gods to let us play those ****s again in the play-offs... Here, in a parking lot, at their shithole of a town... Doesn't matter to me.. Any success this year in the playoffs or SB will not satisfy me at all unless it includes beating that ****ing team to achieve it. **** them forever..

Brett Veach… tremendous job on the OL when the tackles may be some of the worst in the league. Wylie no matter what?? Brown is garbage. But hey. We’ve got a bunch of rookie corners playing against bad team. Once again this roster isn’t ready. Still have the same junk ass OL coach who’s done nothing in years. Still a bottom half defense that hopes Mahomes can bail it out. We just aren’t there.

What do you think the 6-6 Chargers would have as a record if they didn't lose to the Chiefs two times this year?

How about the 5-6 Bucs?

I'm sorry we're only 2-2 against the other .500 teams we've played this year, losing the two games by a combined 7 points.

Devastating indictment of our team!

We lost to the Bills and Bengals by a combined 7 points. They're among the best the league has to offer.

WE ARE FINE.

Bengals are elite? See any of their losses this year?

dude. you are on a sick one

How dare you have unbiased perspective! This is the time to throw a tantrum and break things.

All the games against the Bengals have been close. If they "had our number" they'd be rolling us every game. They were fortunate to win both games last season. We were fortunate had we won tonight.

We've beaten the Chargers three in a row and I believe four in five times. Yet, I feel nervous each time we play them. Certainly don't think we'll roll them and have their number. The Bengals aren't dominating the Chiefs in these games.

We can beat this team. Chiefs fans just need to come to terms that the Bill/Bengals are no worse than us. All three teams are good. We're not just going to own the AFC each season.

Chiefs could’ve easily lost to the Raiders and the Chargers at least once. Defense can’t match up against the elite offenses in the AFC - Bengals and Bills. As a result, we lose to them it’s how it is right now.

I love you my brother, but what has this team accomplished this season? Lost to the Bills in our house. Lost to the Bengals, who beat us 3 in a row now. Hey we barely beat the Tits who had a backup quarterback. We beat the Chargers who have never been above .509 in the Herbert era. Barely squeaked one out vs the Fade. Our team is beating mediocre to bad teams and losing to good teams. The proof is in th pudding bro.

Cant disagree... 0-3 against the Burrow Bengals...wont believe it until KC proves otherwise. I just knew Kelce was going to fumble that ball... I was screaming for him to go down.

3-0

By a combined 9 points. They're totally dominating us aren't they?

Parody of the NFL. Name a team that doesn’t have a weakness.

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Are you familiar with the 49ers? They might be the best team in the NFC and we annihilated them.

We had a war against the Titans and won.

We won wars against the Chargers in both of our matchups.

We rolled over a Tampa team that everyone thought was a bad matchup for us ahead of time.

We had the first schedule ever where the first 8 teams we played had a winning record the prior season and yet still started 6-2.

We lost to the Colts almost entirely because we didn't have our kicker.

We have 2 other losses by a total of 7 points to the Bills and Bengals.

Our defense is almost certainly one of the 5 youngest in the entire league.

Mahomes is going to win MVP.

Stop. With. The. Entitlement.

They are fortunate to be 9-3 right now. Lucky to beat Chargers twice. Lucky to beat Raiders. Lucky to beat Titans.

I love how far people have to bend to hate on the Chiefs. Like...IF YOU TAKE AWAY THOSE WINS THEY ARE NOT THAT GOOD.

Chiefs win a bunch of games....THEY WERE LUCKY.

Yeah, but they could have won all three games they lost. All close games. Most games are going to come down to a few plays.

Not hating on them, just want them to live up to their potential. They are struggling in a lot of games this year. Pretty fortunate to win a lot of those close ones, but they've lost a few close ones too. The defense appears to be a long way from championship level IMHO.

Me too. He looked off today.

Kelce hangs onto the ball and we win by double digits. Fluke play.

Bengals have the football gods on thier side right now but that will change. Have faith.

One play going wrong on all three losses this year. One freaking play? Maybe five teams or less can say that.

Super Bowl still in the future with a little luck. Which is required no matter who the team is.

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Yep. That's why I would not feel confident in the playoffs if we draw either team. If I had my choice, I'd rather play Buffalo. We can't beat the Bengals.

And both the Bills and Bengsls could be taken out by a random team like the Titans or Ravens.

NFL got what they wanted, wide open playoffs.

And that's the kernel of all the anxiety.

Brady was the worst QB of the 3 on the best TEAM, and Manning was the best QB on the worst, and think about who put what imprint on the era.

And think about using a sample size of 1 like that to talk about some 'kernel of all the anxiety.'

Yes, this next era needs to play out exactly like that and we're clearly going to have the short end of the stick.

I'm taking bets. Even up.

Who wants to bet me that if the Chiefs play the Bengals again in the playoffs that we win? I'll take any and all comers in any size that you'd like.

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There only 2 teams on that list above .500 and we took one of them to OT against a backup quarterback, who just got smacked by the team who did decide to add an actual pass rusher in Suh while we added a run stuffer. How many sacks did we get on Burrow who’s been one of the most sacked in the league the last 2 years. Add all three meetings up, how many sacks did we get? It’s pathetic and it happens constantly. I’m not sure we know how to target DL, because what has Beach done for our DL since he got here? We should be winning championships, but instead we’re going 0 and ****ing 3 against a team whose defense is usually worse than ours. We completely over value the talent on our team. We’re not as good as most of us think we are. Tackles are garbage. DL is more hot and cold than Katy Perry. Our offense is Kelce and a bunch of other guys. If Mahomes wasn’t almost always on point we’d be much worse. But unfortunately for us, Mahomes can’t do it all himself. This loss sucks, it ****ing stings. But there are many other issues at hand that lead up to this loss, and will
Likely end us in the playoffs again. We’re no longer the top dog in the conference, we’re currently 3 best.

I'll take that bet. If the Chiefs meet the Bengals in the playoffs and the Bengals win again, I'll sacrifice myself by nominating Claytex to be permanently banned.

Win win.

Well, and Allen already has his huge contract and the Bills are all-in because of it... unless Burrow wants to sign way under market price, then meh?

Three QBs, potentially 3 insane contracts... :shrug:

I think you're acting like a little bitch and you're better than that. You clearly overestimated the Chiefs beforehand and I'm sorry if today threw a spanner in the works of the narrative for you.

All that said, I still love you. And your raps.

And the beauty is... Allen's contract doesn't actually kick in until next season.

~16mm cap hit this season.

~40mm next season (and beyond).

I’m your dingleberry! Well I would be but I would never bet against KC even if I realize the odds are against them. Not because of anything other than I don’t bet, and especially against my team. I love you my brother. I’m just extremely drunk, and aggravated that this defense lets us down when we need them most. Am I being way too extra about this right now? **** yea I am. I’m drunk. I’m pissed. I’m being a bleeding pussy all over the board, but I am just mad. I’m being overly angry about a regular season win. But like I said. I’m drunk and sometimes when you’re I’m drunk I do dumb stuff. I thought this was our game. But as of now they own us and props to them for being the only team to have beaten Mahomes not only 2 in a row, but 3 in a row. Mahomes is a bad ass, but he’s not the only player on this team. I’ve been a pussy post game and this is my apology.

Please see my apology below. Love you bro. I’m going to bed before I embarrass myself more tonight. I’ll show proof of my dumbassery starting tomorrow in my sig. Repentance is coming for Coochie

All good, brother.

Today sucked. There's no disputing that. I threw stuff and screamed and pouted and am sooooooo annoyed.

But whatever. If we lose this game in the playoffs, I'm going to be crushed. But this is the regular season and this game doesn't make me feel any different about our chances.

Good Lord man, put the bottle down and sleep it off.

I shouldn’t be surprised by the toddler meltdowns here after losses, but somehow I still am.

Guys, this is actually a good thread. It's too late for Won't sniff the playoffs 2.0, so this title works.

KC is all but a lock to bring in their 3rd Lombardi now.

Team has too many holes and Reid keeps starting a guy like Wylie when the backups are a lot better. Mahomes deserves better

We can’t beat Burrow

I won't be satisfied with a SB unless its a result of a win in the playoffs against that ****ing team.. **** Joe Burrow and that whole shithole of a city...

In the last 35 years, we are 5-11 against the Bengals, losing the last 3 in a row including that awful AFC Championship game at Arrowhead.

We haven't won in Cincy since 1984, almost 39 years ago.

They have the all time series lead now by 4 games.

We don't have a good history against them.

Burrow is good, but it's a team game. He has plenty of help from his defense, OL, WR's, RB's, and special teams unit.

This is the problem. DL is nowhere to be found (around the QB) in big games. And Mahomes is under constant pressure.

We just don't stack up well with most Super Bowl caliber teams from these position groups.

I’ve updated the OP with an apology. Sorry my CP brethren. I was being a pussy. But there are still some issues to be worked out that shouldn’t have taken 3+ times….

Haha great job owning it! Now you can edit the title.

Same. This game just doesn't matter that much. I mean, it could ultimately cost us the bye, but we've got a pretty decent schedule from here on out. If we can't sweep the donx and take care of the Texans, we probably don't deserve the bye.

Burrow and Allen are damn good QB's, but the line play is just as much of a factor.

I tried, but can’t figure it out..: :rolleyes:

We are 9-3. Let's get a grip. We have a good team that can win the SB. The AFC is rough and it's not easy for anyone.